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Word: excepts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...approved another resolution calling for students "to refrain from violent confrontations except in cases of self-defense." Enforcement should be left to the proper authorities, a BSA member said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BSA Asks Police for More Security | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

...Cambridge get along fine except for issues which are of major importance," he said...

Author: By Elizabeth H. Wiltshire, | Title: Cambridge/MIT Hold Steady In Stormy/Calm Relationship | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

Unbelievable--it would seem--except for the fact that John Paul II did believe. With the easiness and simplicity of his words--hackneyed without the belief behind them--he took on the Supreme Court, the political machine, the Playboy Corporation, all the racists and sexists and economic and social oppressors in a breath. But there were no practical methods, no formulae or ten-point programs. None were needed. Who can reveal the method of falling in love...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: Going Away Sadly | 10/16/1979 | See Source »

...identified only by the kelly-green number that they once wore, dangling from the skylights. And in this dimlylit, age-crusted catacomb, the faithful wait for the NCAA to part with a titanic saviour, someone with arms long enough and stats big enough to rescue the team. After all, except for the last few years the Celtics have always been basketball's chosen people: you can forgive their fans for hoping...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Larry Bird -- Savior for Section 80 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

...year's rite is just as impressive. "And now, the starting lineup for the Boston Celtics. "From Indiana State"--ROAR--and for the next three minutes, Section 80 and the entire Garden stand up and yell. Someone rushes to the baseline and releases a pigeon, a real nice gesture except that the bird quickly disappears in the bowels of the scoreboard...

Author: By Bill Mckibben, | Title: Larry Bird -- Savior for Section 80 | 10/15/1979 | See Source »

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